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True Muse, Inc.Artistic Director
Jan. 2025Chicago, Illinois, United StatesTrue Muse, Inc. re-incorporated after a short hiatus - with a new focus! Our mission is to make the arts accessible to all, fostering creativity, and celebrating diversity. We are committed to providing a platform for Chicago artists from all backgrounds to showcase their talent, and to create opportunities for the community to engage with various art forms.
True Muse INCVocalist, Band Leader, Teaching Artist, Designer
Jan. 2018 - Apr. 2022Chicago, ILTrue Muse INC has two divisions; True Muse Music & Performing Arts & True Muse Interior Redesign
True Muse ProductionsPrincipal
Jul. 2013 - Apr. 2023Evanston, ILTrue Muse Productions is a production Company, advocate for the arts, and resource for performing artists. What do we do? 1. We curate and produce music and muti-arts events. 2. We represent 'True Muse' performing artists 3. We teach artists how to deal with the "business" of marketing themselves, through classes, workshops, talks and arts-business coaching sessions. 4. We advocate for artists and arts education. 5. We mentor artists in their creative endeavors, including teaching private and small group lessons in voice and acting.
The Linda Solotaire TrioJazz Vocals . Leader
Nov. 2010 - Apr. 2023Greater Chicago AreaLinda Solotaire is an actress and vocalist. She performs with and leads jazz cabaret bands The Linda Solotaire Trio and Linda & the COSMOPOLITANS. She also performs an eclectic repertoire as half of a duet with guitarist Stu Greenspan. The Linda Solotaire Trio is Linda Solotaire . Vocals / Stu Greenspan . Guitar / John Lauler . Bass Ms. Solotaire studied dance, voice, music and acting with notable teachers including, for acting, William Hickey at HB Studio in NYC, and voice, Carol Loverde and Elaine Dame in Chicago. She received her BA from Columbia College Chicago. With a background in theory, classical, and 20th-century music, Ms. Solotaire has enjoyed roles in musical theater, studio session work, as well as collaborations on original works with artists including, new music composer Christopher Preissing, playwright/composer Tom Webber, jazz funk band Original Balance, composer-poet Everette Howe, and others. She has had principal roles in scores of theatrical and on-camera projects ranging from Catherine in O’Neill’s 'Mourning Becomes Electra' to Annie in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' to commercial industrial videos and multimedia, to surreal collaborative films. She has performed in a variety of performance situations and venues around the world including the Lake Placid Olympic Arena, ancient Turkish ruins, and the deck of a battleship in the Mediterranean Sea.
Linda Solotaire, ChanteuseChanteuse
May. 2010 - Apr. 2022Linda Solotaire is an actress, singer and comedienne. Her latest project, The Linda Solotaire Trio, has a 40's feel with classic jazz standards, as well as more obscure torch songs and comic numbers - Linda Solotaire - vocals, Cathy Batscha-piano and arrangements, Adam Walker-bass. Her quintet, Linda Solotaire & the COSMOPOLITANS, features the trio artists plus Michael (Cash) Hesiak on Tenor Sax and Tony Bussone on Drums. She also works with the Edgewater BEach Quartet and with guitarist Stu Greenspan, among others.
The Moving ArchitectsBoard Member
Jan. 2009 - Jun. 2014The Moving Architects, under the direction of Erin Carlisle Norton, construct expert, articulate contemporary dance in which spaces advise the work from development to performance. Public discourse is at the heart of the company. To further this goal, The Moving Architects also provide quality movement classes, workshops, and residencies.
Links HallDevelopment & Communications Director
May. 2008 - Oct. 2009Links Hall encourages artistic innovation and public engagement by maintaining a facility and providing flexible programming for the research, development and presentation of new work in the performing arts.
Home HarmonyPrincipal Designer
Mar. 2006 - Dec. 2013HOME HARMONY is a holistic interior redesign company for your home or office. Home Harmony references the fundamentals of Feng Shui and other ancient arts while collaborating with you on refining and refreshing your unique style. We start with de-cluttering, re-organization and gentle design modifications (typically making use of existing furniture & decor.)
Mordine & Company Dance TheatreProducing Director
Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2002Worked closely with artistic director and board of directors to manage the longest running contemporary dance company in the Midwest (40 years), and the company's youth outreach program, special events and teaching.
Local InfinitiesCollaborator
Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2002The Subject Objects and wax (v.) to come to be: Performed originally for the Links Hall (Chicago) Performance Series “Daughters of Memory.” Wax, a malleable and contradictory material preserves the secrets of Muse. This object-oriented theatre piece, inspired by wax, examines the relationship between Muse/Poet/Poem and uses wax to make these relationships increasingly visible.
Pearson Custom PublishingFreelancer
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2007
The Village LoomFounder, Executive Director
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2000provided consultation and organizational expertise to people and groups wishing to use collaborative arts as a means of building community. Created and directed these volunteer-run community performance programs developed to provide expressive venues for families and individuals living and working in the Evanston area, and to make visible the artistic and spiritual life of this diverse community and its members. Secured generous corporate, individual, and foundation support as well as facilitating collaborations with municipal departments, community groups and major institutions like Northwestern University and the Field Museum of Natural history.
The Total Museum ConferencePlanning Committee
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1996The Total Museum Conference in 1996 was held at the Art Institute of Chicago in collaboration with The Goethe Institute, The Chicago Cultural Center, The German American Arts Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art.
DoxologyProduction Manager/Project Coordinator
Jan. 1994 - Dec. 1994Doxology: A multimedia jazz opera: Dance Center of Columbia College: A live multimedia performance incorporating singers and dancers juxtaposed to a video backdrop, written and directed by Paul Carter Harrison.
Freelance Performing Arts ProfessionalAssistant Director, Production Stage Manager, Production Designer, Choreographer, etc.
Jan. 1978 - Dec. 2005Organizational expertise and creative input defines a range of experience producing for stage under professional union contracts in a variety of venues, ranging from the most intimate off-off Broadway theater to the Lake Placid Olympic Arena, to the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Actual experience extends beyond the traditional roles of these titles to include creative contribution to all facets of production, i.e. set, costume, and lighting design.
Linda SolotaireActress / Singer
Jan. 1974 - Apr. 2023
PERFORMANCEPerforming Artist
Jan. 1974 - Dec. 2005Theatre and On-Camera: Principal roles in over 40 theatrical and on-camera projects. Projects range in genre from Catherine in O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra to Annie in Annie Get Your Gun; commercial industrial videos and multimedia, to surreal collaborative films. Background in theory, classical, and 20th-century music. Can communicate professionally with musicians, composers, and engineers. Performed in a variety of performance situations and venues around the world with audiences ranging from 30 to 30,000 people
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